Dumb question about birth

Yup, you've been warned. This is probably a really dumb question and might even make me look immature lol but here goes. I've been researching all different types of labor and positions and that fun stuff. So... Obviously after baby comes, the placenta comes out. I made the mistake of googling imaging pictures of the placenta and I'm sorry but it totally skeeved me out. Do they just get rid of it after it comes out? Or do they like show you it and do other things with it? I honestly don't think I can stomach a bloody gross placenta all up close and personal...

Yup, you've been warned. This is probably a really dumb question and might even make me look immature lol but here goes. I've been researching all different types of labor and positions and that fun stuff. So... Obviously after baby comes, the placenta comes out. I made the mistake of googling imaging pictures of the placenta and I'm sorry but it totally skeeved me out. Do they just get rid of it after it comes out? Or do they like show you it and do other things with it? I honestly don't think I can stomach a bloody gross placenta all up close and personal...

I saw mine, I thought it was awesome! And gross, but still cool to look at the organ that sustained your baby. I am glad the doctor asked me first before shoving it in my face. At my hospital, if you brought your own container, you could take your placenta home. Some have it made into pills or plant it.

I saw mine, I thought it was awesome! And gross, but still cool to look at the organ that sustained your baby. I am glad the doctor asked me first before shoving it in my face. At my hospital, if you brought your own container, you could take your placenta home. Some have it made into pills or plant it.

Why am I all of a sudden fighting the urge to google...I had a csection with my first so I've never seen one, but I'm scared to death to do a vbac and now really interested to know what the placenta looks like lol

Why am I all of a sudden fighting the urge to google...I had a csection with my first so I've never seen one, but I'm scared to death to do a vbac and now really interested to know what the placenta looks like lol

Nope, you won't see it unless you ask. Mine sat in a metal tray until some lady came and asked if I needed it or she could dispose of it. I wasn't planning on turning mine into pill form, so they took it maybe a half hour after birth

Nope, you won't see it unless you ask. Mine sat in a metal tray until some lady came and asked if I needed it or she could dispose of it. I wasn't planning on turning mine into pill form, so they took it maybe a half hour after birth

LOL, yeah I mean after seeing what it looks like I think so too. But some people believe and swear that it helps with the healing process after birth, post partum depression, etc. I don't see enough evidence though.

LOL, yeah I mean after seeing what it looks like I think so too. But some people believe and swear that it helps with the healing process after birth, post partum depression, etc. I don't see enough evidence though.

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